#42C094#42C094

#42C094 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.129 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C094
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 148)
HSL	hsl(159, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 22.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -45.04, 12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 46.65, 164.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1247 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.129 166)
XYZ	xyz(26.4389, 40.9928, 34.5303)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C094 #C0426E

analogous

#42C055 #42C094 #42ADC0

triadic

#42C094 #9442C0 #C09442

tetradic

#42C094 #5542C0 #C0426E #ADC042

square

#42C094 #5542C0 #C0426E #ADC042

split-complementary

#42C094 #C042AD #C05542

monochromatic

#22664E #319471 #42C094 #70CFAE #9EDFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42C094 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#42C094 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C094

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C094	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C094	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c094;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.129 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b3',
    500: '#42c094',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c094;
$custom-light: #85d4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c094",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.048,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72696,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.40996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C094

secondary

#CB93A6

accent

#4E7FDA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C094

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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